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Lakeview

Lakeview is one of Chicago’s largest and most varied North Side neighborhoods — stretching from Wrigleyville in the north (home to Wrigley Field and the Cubs, for anyone who’s been off the planet) down through the Southport corridor and east to the lakefront. The neighborhood contains multitudes: quiet residential streets of 1890s greystones, lively commercial stretches on Clark and Belmont, and everything in between. What most of the housing stock shares is age — and with age comes plumbing that needs attention.


In Lakeview’s older apartment buildings and two-flats, shared drain systems carry the load of multiple households, and the clay tile sewer lines beneath the neighborhood’s mature trees have seen decades of root intrusion. A sewer camera inspection is the most efficient diagnostic tool we have, and our drain cleaning service handles the result. We also manage trenchless sewer repair, repiping, commercial plumbing for the Clark Street restaurant and bar corridor, and water heater service throughout Lakeview.


When you call us about a backed-up or slow sewer, our first move is to rod and clear the line — get things flowing and your home back to normal. Sewer rodding starts at just $99 when there’s an outside cleanout to rod from, a price we’ve held since we opened in 2006. While nearly everything else has gotten more expensive, our starting price hasn’t moved in nearly twenty years. Once the line is open, we follow up with a sewer video inspection to see exactly what caused the problem — tree roots, a crack, a pipe belly — and give you an honest picture of what, if anything, needs to happen next.


We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year — including holidays — so when something goes wrong at 2 a.m., you can reach us. We offer free estimates during regular business hours with no trip charge to come out. Most companies charge just to show up; we don’t. When a sewer line needs more than rodding, The Scottish Plumber is one of the most experienced trenchless sewer repair companies in Chicagoland — doing this since 2006 with thousands of repairs completed across the area. For older homes especially, pipe stent repair is worth knowing about: a precise, minimally invasive fix that spares your floors, walls, and landscaping.


Our Lakeview Plumbing Services